Tag Archives: Cycling

Tuesday, 12 July 2016 Chris Froome and his Sky manager Dave Brailsford have questioned the tactics of chief rival Nairo Quintana at the Tour de France. The defending champion led the Colombian by 23 seconds ahead of Tuesday’s 10th stage from Andorra to Revel, back in France. But over three …

Monday, 11 July 2016 A group of German riders led by Tony Martin and Marcel Kittel have published a paper demanding safety changes in cycling. But time-trial specialist Martin complained that organisers of major cycling events such as the Tour de France haven’t taken the suggestions on board. “I thought …

Monday, 11 July 2016 Race leader Chris Froome said the Tour de France will suffer form the absence of Alberto Contador, although admitted it would make his own life easier. Contador succumbed to illness and injury during Sunday’s ninth stage, quitting just over 80km into the 184.5km trek through the …

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 Losers are taking unnecessary risks because they’re bitter towards the winners, sprint star Mark Cavendish has claimed. The Manx Missile won his 28th stage at the Tour de France on Monday, claiming victory by a whisker from German Andre Greipel. It put him second on the …

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 French cyclist Nacer Bouhanni, also a reputed amateur boxer, is suing four men over a late night hotel fight that saw him miss the Tour de France with a hand injury. The fight started when Bouhanni complained about noise and resulted in the 25-year-old Cofidis sprinter …

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 There is no perfect method to detect hidden motors in bicycles, the Hungarian who pioneered the system claimed on Monday, as Tour de France organisers vowed to stamp out technological fraud. Cycling authorities are taking the issue of tech fraud seriously with a thermal camera and …

Monday,4 July 2016 Australian Richie Porte insisted his Tour de France hopes were not over despite losing time on the second stage due to a puncture. Porte was well placed in a charging peloton inside the final 5km of Sunday’s stage when he punctured his back wheel, meaning he had …

Thursday, 30 June 2016 For the past decade doping has been a hot topic at the Tour de France but this year it will be taking a back seat to another form of cheating: technological fraud. EPO, CERA and blood doping were the villainous watchwords at the Tour over the …

WEDNESDAY, 29 June 2016 Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and world champion Peter Sagan head Russian team Tinkoff’s assault on the Tour de France which starts this weekend. The online banking outfit’s owner, Russian magnate Oleg Tinkoff, confidently describes Contador as “the next winner of the Tour de …

Monday, 25 September 2017 :   Peter Sagan became the first man to win three successive World Championship men's road race titles with victory in Norway. The Slovak, 27, pipped Norwegian Alexander Kristoff in a sprint finish, having barely featured among the lead riders in the 267.5km race in Bergen. Australia's Michael Matthews finished third and Britain's Ben Swift fifth. Sagan was in 80th position as the riders approached the final climb up Salmon Hill, before putting himself in contention for the sprint. Earlier, Frenchman Tony Gallopin made a break from the pack with 13km remaining, before being caught at the foot of the hill, and compatriot Julian Alaphilippe was also reeled in after attacking with 4km left. Read More »